First in India

 

These individuals achieve what had not been previously achieved by anyone before them; it becomes indispensable to be aware of them. First in India.

 

And as such ‘First Indians’ have been a prominent category in the Static GK section of various competitive examinations like IIFT, Bank-PO, SSC etc.

 

It is must to know the names of these personalities for acing various interviews including that of prestigious IIMs. So here is a list of ‘First in India’

 

First in India

 

Prime minister

First Prime Minister:  Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)

First Deputy Prime Minister: Vallabh Bhai Patel (1947-1950)

First Women Prime Minister: Indira Gandhi (1966-177,1980-1984)

 

 

President

 

First Elected President:  Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1962-1967)

First Women President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)

First President: Dr Rajendra Prashad (1950-1962)

First President of Indian National Congress : W.C.Banerjee (1885)

First Women President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953)

First Women Congress President: Annie Besant (1917)

 

 

Chief Minister

 

First Women Chief Minister: Sucheta Kriplani Uttar Pradesh (1936-1967)

 

 

Chairmen

 

First Chairman of Rajya Sabha : S.V.Krishnamoorty (1852)

 

 

Chief justice

 

First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J. Kania (1950-1951)

First Women Chief Justice (High Court) : Leila Seth (HP, 1991)

 

 

Officer

 

First ICS Officer: Satyendranath Tagore

First Women IPS Officer: Kiran Bedi (1974)

First IAS Officer:  Anna Rajan George (1950)

 

 

Awardees

 

First Bharat Ratna Award winner: C. Rajgopalacari (1954)

First Actress to win padmashree award: Nargis Dutt (1958

First Dada Saheb Falke Award Winner: Devika Rani (1969)

First Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)

First Miss World: Reita Faria ( 1966)

First Women Sahitya Academy Award Winner: Amrita Pritam (1956)

First Noble Laureate: Rabindranath Tagore for Gitanjali (1913)

 

 

Cosmonaut

 

First Man in Space: Rakesh Sharma (1984)

First Women in Space: Dr Kalpana Chawla (1997)

 

 

Cricket

 

First Captain of Test Cricket: Lala Amarnath (1933-1934)

 

 

Emperor

 

First Ruler of Slave Dynasty: Qutub-Ud-Din Aibak  (1206-12010)

First Ruler of Mughal Dynasty: Babur (1526-1530)

First Women Ruler of India: Rajia Sultana (1236-1240)

 

Channel

 

First Indian Women to Swim across the English Channel: Aarti Saha (1959)

First Indian Men to Swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen (1966)

 

Mr. Everest

 

First Man to Climb: Tenzing Norgway . (1953)

First Man to Climb without Oxyzen: Phu Dorjee. (1984).

First Women to Climb : Bachendri Pal.

List of First in India (Male)

First Prime Minister of free India       

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru      

First batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match       

Sachin Tendulkar

First man to have climbed Mount Everest twice   

Nawang Gombu

First President of Indian Republic     

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

First Indian Pilot  

J.R.D. Tata

First Indian to win Nobel Prize

Rabindranath Tagore

First president of Indian National Congress 

W.C. Banerjee

First Muslim President of Indian National Congress       

Badruddin Tayyabji

First Muslim President of India

Dr. Zakir Hussain

First British Governor General of India       

Lord William Bentinck

First British Viceroy of India   

Lord Canning

First Governor General of free India  

Lord Mountbatten

First and the last Indian Governer General of free India  

C. Rajgopalachari

First man who introduce printing press in India    

James Hicky

First Indian to join the I.C.S.   

Satendranath Tagore

First Indian man in space         

Rakesh Sharma

First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term    

Morarji Desai

First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India  

General Cariappa

First Cheif of Army Staff         

Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji

First Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council 

S.P. Sinha

First President of India who died while in office   

Dr. Zakir Hussain

First Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliament  

Charan Singh

First Field Marshal of India     

S.H.F. Manekshaw

First Indian to get Nobel Prize in Physics    

C.V. Raman

First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna award  

Dr. Radhakrishnan

First Indian to cross English Channel

Mihir Sen

First person to receive Gyanpith award       

Sri Shankar Kurup

First Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

First Vice-President of India    

Dr. Radhakrishnan

First Education Minister

Abul Kalam Azad

First Home Minister of India   

Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel

First Indian Air Chief Marshal 

S. Mukharji

First Indian Naval Chief Vice Admiral

R.D. Katari

First judge of International Court of Justice

Dr. Nagendra Singh

First person to receive Paramveer Chakra    

Major Somnath Sharma

First person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen 

Sherpa Anga Dorjee

First Chief Election Commissioner    

Sukumar Sen

First person to receive Magsaysay Award    

Achrya Vinoba Bhave

First person of Indian origin to receive Nobel Prize in Medicine        

Hargovind Khurana

First Chinese traveller to visit India   

Fahein

First person to receive Stalin Prize     

Saifuddin Kitchlu

First person to resign from the central cabinate     

Shyama Prasad Mukharji

First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna        

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

First person to receive Nobel Prize in Economics 

Amartya Sen

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court 

Justice Hiralal J. Kania

First President of Indian National Congress

W.C. Banerjee

First batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut   

Mohd. Azharuddin

 

 

 

List of First in India (Female)

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha  

Meira Kumar (2009)

India’s First Woman President

Pratiba Patil

India’s First Woman Prime Minister 

Indira Gandhi

India’s First Woman Governor

Sarojini Naidu

India’s First Woman IPS Officer       

Kiran Bedi

First Woman Chief Minister of State 

Sucheta Kripalani

First Woman Union Minister   

Rajkumari Amrita Kaur

First Woman President of INC

Annie Besant

First Woman Judge of Supreme Court        

Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi

First Woman to get Ashok Chakra    

Nirja Bhanot

First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN     

Vijalakshmi Pandit

First Indian woman who reached Antarctica

Mahel Musa

First Indian Woman to get Nobel Prize       

Mother Teresa

First Indian Woman to swim across English Channel     

Arati Saha

First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest    

Bachendri Pal

First Indian Woman to become Miss World

Miss Reita Faria

First Indian Woman to climb Mt Everest twice     

Santhosh Yadhav

First Indian Woman to become Miss Universe      Susmita Sen

First Indian Woman to get Bharat Ratna     

Indira Gandhi

First Indian Woman to get Jnanpith Award

Ashapurna Devi

First Indian Woman to win WTA Title       

Sania Mirza

First Indian Woman Airline Pilot      

Durga Banerjee

First Indian Woman to win Gold in Asian Games

Kamaljeet Sandhu

First Indian Woman President of INC         

Sarojini Naidu

First Indian Woman to Booker Prize 

Arundhati Roy

First Woman Musician to get Bharat Ratna 

MS Subbalakshmi

First Indian Woman to go to space    

Kalpana Chawla

 

 

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